Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2012 No Comments »
A fusion of African Yoruba and Spanish Catholic practices, Santeria is a spiritual tradition deeply entrenched in Cuban life. Born from early colonial slave culture, Santeria’s past has been both tumultuous- with its criminalization after the colonial period- and celebrated- in the 1980s the Cuban government declared several Santeria objects national heritage items and Santeria […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2012 No Comments »
Believe it or not, there is a cultural transformation taking place in the hearts and minds of the Cuban people and it’s being spearheaded by the younger generation. Cuba still has a long way to go, as do Americans, in creating a country that is more sensitive to issues of race, class, and gender- but […]
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Charmed as I was by the friendliness and wit of the Cuban people, again and again I found myself fascinated with a very different sort of Cuban native: the dogs. I’d never seen so many stray dogs on the streets before, and certainly never seen them so well behaved. The dogs would look hopefully up […]
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